SanDisk Cruzer Contour 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-4096-A75

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 0.9 x 2.9 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000N7X97G
• Item model number: SDCZ8-4096-A75
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer Featuring a sleek and stylish, glossy black finish and advanced security, the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive gives you the edge with professional-grade performance, security and productivity tools. The sleek, black casing of the flash drive slides open to reveal a retractable USB connector for high-speed transfers. A dual layer of AES hardware encryption and password protected access gives you the ability to store and transfer your vital data safely and securely.

SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash Drive At-a-Glance: High performance - Super-fast data transfer at up to 25MB/second read and 18MB/second write speeds Feel secure - Password protection, AES hardware encryption and lifetime limited warranty Ideal for Video - High capacities and powerful performance allow you to view and transfer HD video Speed up your system - Windows® ReadyBoost™ enhances Windows® Vista™ performance, so your PC responds faster

Advanced technologies and sleek styling give the SanDisk Extreme® Contour™ USB Flash drive a professional edge. View larger.

The SanDisk® Extreme® Contour™ offers secure storage and backup performance for Windows® XP and Windows® Vista®) computers.

Extremely Fast Storage and Portability
In the business world, you need every advantage you can get. The SanDisk® Extreme® Contour™ delivers with its sleek looks and professional-grade performance. The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive fits in the palm of your hand, and gives you the capacity and security you need to store and transfer your important data. This sleek, portable USB flash drive plugs directly into any computer's USB port, letting you transfer and store personal or business files safely and securely.

Offering extreme-fast read speeds of up to 25MB/sec, and up to 18 MB/sec write speed*, the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive is ideal for storing and transferring videos and other large files to and from virtually any computer or device with an available USB port. Optimized for laptops and devices with USB 2.0 port, the drive is backwards compatible with older devices that have USB 1.1 ports, so you can be assured of near universal compatibility.

AES Hardware Encryption and Password-Protected Access Control
With the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive, you don't have to worry about having sensitive data stolen. For starters, the drive protects your digital content with password protection, keeping prying eyes from viewing your content without your permission.

The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive also features Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware encryption. This means that your content will stay private and secure via data scrambling at the flash controller level when the drives are either physically removed for portability or stored away for safe keeping.

The data encryption is accomplished automatically without you noticing. There's no activation or software needed. You simply use the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive like you would any flash drive, but with the knowledge that your data is protected.

Smart, Stylish Design for Ease of Use
With a sleek, black casing and capless design that exposes the USB connector via a unique sliding mechanism, the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive looks as professional as it performs.

Drag and Drop Performance
The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive lets you transfer files from one device to another easily and conveniently, without any additional software or setup. The drive offers drag-and-drop convenience, which means you can simply drag the files from your device onto your SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive, or vice versa, without any additional steps.

Transferring video files from computer to computer is incredibly simple. With more and more DVD manufacturers adding USB ports to their players, you can copy video files from your PC to your USB flash drive and then plug the drive into your USB-enabled DVD player. You can also plug your SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive into the USB port on your USB-enabled TV to sit back to enjoy the show.

The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive is compatible as a flash storage device with Windows® 2000, Mac OS® X v10.1.2+, and Linux machines. Password protection and AES encryption are supported by Windows® XP and Windows® Vista®. The drive is also enhanced for Windows® ReadyBoost™ to improve system performance on Vista machines.

The drive is backed by a limited lifetime warranty.

About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, is the world's largest supplier of flash storage cards. It is a global leader in flash memory cards --from research, manufacturing, and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk holds more than 860 U.S. patents, more than 550 foreign patents, and it is the only company that has worldwide rights to both manufacture and sell top flash card formats including SD, microSD, miniSD, CompactFlash, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick PRO, and related Memory Stick micro card products.

SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones; digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid-state drives for computers.

What's in the Box
SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive (4 GB)

* Based on SanDisk internal testing. Performance may be lower depending on the host device.

HOW MUCH CAN YOU STORE? CARD CAPACITY 64 GB* 16,000 3.5 minute songs** or 19,200 images** or 128 hours** 32 GB* 8,000 3.5 minute songs** or 9,600 images** or 64 hours** 16 GB* 4,000 3.5 minute songs** or 4,800 images** or 32 hours** 8 GB* 2,000 3.5 minute songs** or 2,400 images** or 16 hours** * 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity not available for data storage. ** Approximations: results will vary based on file size, resokution, compression, bit rate, content, host device, pre-loaded files and other factors. See www.sandisk.com

Product Description

4GB Cruzer Contour

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vista Users Read....will help with ReadyBoost setup..., June 13, 2007

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SomeOne (FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-4096-A75 (Personal Computers)

At first this doesn't seem to be compatible with Vista, even the documentation with it only says it's compatible up to XP, and says absolutely nothing about ReadyBoost. After attaching this, my system would hang up after attempting to access "My Computer" or anything to do with the drive. So I tested it on my XP machine and it worked fine. So, after a couple hours of battling this, this is what worked for ME to be able to use this drive for ReadyBoost ONLY (not for storage) on Vista. If you are having similar problems and can't access the software because of hang-ups, try putting it on an XP machine (or anything without Vista), and launch the software. There is an option--in the software itself--to uninstall it...get rid of it, as it doesn't seem to be compatible with Vista at all at the date of this review (June 07). Also, for some reason, Vista didn't work well with the default FAT32 format of the drive, at least for me it didn't: it wouldn't have the ReadyBoost options sometimes, other times it would. Don't know, but I formatted it as NTFS drive and haven't had a problem since. I gave 4 stars for the hassle of having to figure all of this out, but it's fast and does the job. Hope this helps anyone else who has any troubles....again, this is what worked for me, if anything, it at least might help resolve any of your issues....

A side note about these: whenever you have an abnormal shutdown (power outage, crash, etc.), sometimes Vista won't recognize the cache on the drive after you boot back up...so you'll want to keep an eye on it after something like that happens and you'll most likely have to reassign the drive to ReadyBoost.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does the job - after you get rid of U3, September 9, 2007

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Wondersnail - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-4096-A75 (Personal Computers)

My experience with the 4GB Cruzer Contour:

- as a start I uninstalled the U3 software which is - in my opinion - a useless piece of junk that you have no control over, runs even if you don't want it to run and installs a virtual drive for its operating system. U3 should be an option not preinstalled on the drive.

If you need portable applications then I would highly recommend to check out portableapps.com. Their suite is user friendly, no installation on the computer, you have total control over the software and includes lots of useful applications for free.

- speed is good, I didn't notice any significant difference compare to my Lexar Jumpdrive

- the sliding mechanism is OK but no grip on its surface thus hard (almost impossible) to open/close it with one hand

- looks good but it is wider then most regular usb drives so if you have the USB ports close to each other then you might be out of luck because it can block the access to the other port

- I really like the small "leather" case that comes with it. It provides good protection, I attached it to my key ring since I prefer to keep it in my pocket I don't like the lanyard style

- I paid $48.99 and for this price it deserves 4 stars...

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slick USB drive, but annoying U3 software, Mac user, July 19, 2007

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S. Quinn (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-4096-A75 (Personal Computers)

This is a beautiful and slickly designed USB flash drive. I like the mechanism for sliding open and revealing the USB plug and then retracting it. Very nicely implemented, only hope the little mechanism lasts with usage. Only problem for a Mac user is that annoying U3 software that shows up as a second CD icon. You can remove it if you have a Windows PC friend however. Borrow their computer and insert your drive, then either look for the uninstaller in the CD that loads with the drive, or you can go online to the Sandisk web site, under the Downloads section and download the uninstaller. Do this first and then you can go back into the Mac and reformat the drive using Disk Utilities to be Mac formatted (only if you are using it with Macs only like me...) But otherwise a nice little drive.